Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro (Latin: Sonsonensis – Rivi Nigri) is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the ecclesiastical province of Medellín in Colombia.

Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro Dioecesis Sonsonensis – Rivi Nigri
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Medellín
Statistics
Area	7,300 km2 (2,800 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 565,000 550,000 (97.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	18 March 1957 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral, Sonsón
Co-cathedral	Concatedral de San Nicolás in Rionegro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Fidel León Cadavid Marin
Map
Website
www.diosonrio.org.co

History

• 18 March 1957: Established as Diocese of Sonsón from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medellín
• 20 April 1968: Renamed as Diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro

Special churches

• Minor Basilica:
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, La Ceja

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Sonsón
  • Alberto Uribe Urdaneta † (18 Mar 1957 – 13 Jul 1960) Appointed, Bishop of Cali
  • Alfredo Rubio Diaz † (12 Feb 1961 – 27 Mar 1968) Appointed, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona
• Bishops of Sonsón–Rionegro
  • Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † (6 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1993) Retired
  • Flavio Calle Zapata (16 Feb 1993 – 10 Jan 2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Ibagué
  • Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo (25 Apr 2003 – 16 Feb 2010) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
  • Fidel León Cadavid Marin (2 Feb 2011 – present)

Auxiliary bishop

• Óscar Ángel Bernal (1986-1988), appointed Bishop of Girardota

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal, appointed Bishop of Ocaña in 1972
• Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve, appointed Bishop of Riohacha in 1988
• Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla in 1995
• Ismael Rueda Sierra (priest here, 1981-1988), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena in 2000
• Guillermo Orozco Montoya, appointed Bishop of San José del Guaviare in 2006
• Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín in 2012
• Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo, appointed Bishop of Florencia in 2013
• Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2013
• José Saúl Grisales Grisales, appointed Bishop of Ipiales in 2018

Gallery

Cathedral of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá in Sonsón (left) Co-Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Rionegro (right)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org
• Diocese website